Society | 28- & 17-Story Residential [Under Construction]

[spenser1058]

9 minutes ago, eq1974 said:

Another month of progress…

Well, darn, I thought after 500 N. Orange, the new Orlando trend might be sans glass. Just think of the savings on HVAC! The ultimate in Brutalism - all concrete. It might be right up @prahaboheme’s alley!

Great pics, @eq1974!

[JFW657]

18 minutes ago, nite owℓ said:

^^Doesn't look as squatty as I thought it would be. I pass the site often but rarely look up.

It's almost bordering on impressive looking.

I wonder what went wrong.....  

[spenser1058]

10 minutes ago, JFW657 said:

It's almost bordering on impressive looking.

I wonder what went wrong.....  

Meanwhile, the piano keys at Truist get uglier everytime I pass them…

 

Edited July 6, 2022 by spenser1058

[nite owℓ]

31 minutes ago, JFW657 said:

It's almost bordering on impressive looking.

I wonder what went wrong.....  

Right, somehow they didn't screw it up too badly. Only negative is that we still have to wait for Phase II to happen.

[Uncommon]

Does anyone know if this building will end up being 400 feet? It looks pretty tall

[GregoryMCSE]

57 minutes ago, Uncommon said:

Does anyone know if this building will end up being 400 feet? It looks pretty tall

Bank of America building is 404.  Society won’t come in that tall.  I am guessing 390 or there about.  

[HankStrong]

On 6/30/2022 at 3:48 PM, bqknight said:

Aldi just opened their store at Colonial, so I doubt they'd move in there. Not sure I see Trader Joe's either - their current locations are Dr. Phillips and Winter Park (more upscale neighborhoods). 

We do really need more than 2 TJ in a city this size.

[GregoryMCSE]

1 hour ago, HankStrong said:

We do really need more than 2 TJ in a city this size.

A lot more.  Can u imagine the business they would do downtown?

[HankStrong]

1 hour ago, GregoryMCSE said:

A lot more.  Can u imagine the business they would do downtown?

One on the East side and one down near Lake Nona would be nice, too.

[spenser1058]

2 minutes ago, HankStrong said:

One on the East side and one down near Lake Nona would be nice, too.

Charlotte, whose MSA is almost the same size as ours, has three. Downtown’s median income isn’t likely high enough (although if we had someone in charge of downtown actively recruiting chains like TJs we could very likely push above our weight).

I agree Oviedo/Winter Springs or Lake Nona will likely be next.

[jrs2]

[spenser1058]

I do love those TREES!

[codypet]

1 minute ago, jrs2 said:

 

 

 

I personally love this shot.

[orange87]

1 hour ago, codypet said:

I personally love this shot.

It's amazing how three of the buildings in that picture weren't there just a few years ago. 

[JFW657]

5 hours ago, orange87 said:

It's amazing how three of the buildings in that picture weren't there just a few years ago. 

I think this is from 2008.

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Edited July 7, 2022 by JFW657

[jrs2]

OMG.  how depressing.  it looks like a barren wasteland.

[JFW657]

9 minutes ago, jrs2 said:

OMG.  how depressing.  it looks like a barren wasteland.

True, but those Google Maps Street View images always tend to look that way.

The perception of depth is different. 

Everything appears closer and more pulled toward the viewer in the top photo and the farther buildings appear larger.

Maybe if the Google Image had the same telephoto lens type effect that the top picture has it might not look so barren.  

[jrs2]

7 hours ago, JFW657 said:

True, but those Google Maps Street View images always tend to look that way.

The perception of depth is different. 

Everything appears closer and more pulled toward the viewer in the top photo and the farther buildings appear larger.

Maybe if the Google Image had the same telephoto lens type effect that the top picture has it might not look so barren.  

I used some zoom on that shot.  but if I took it again right next to the church without zoom, I think it would do that same fish eye lens effect on the edge like Google.  I'll try it.  I noticed my phone does that on other shots.

[eq1974]

23 hours ago, JFW657 said:

I think this is from 2008.

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Question from the 2008 picture (and you have to zoom in for this): Does anyone know what the green building on the left after the Landmark parking garage housed? At the time of the pic some sort of office I guess because of the sign out front. Thank you.

I was wondering what once was there where now my doggie goes poo, the Radius dog walk with a waste baggie station is in that area presently. And if any Radius people are reading this, just to let you know, I pick up every time. 
 

Radius people will appreciate the significance of that statement. 

[prahaboheme]

8 minutes ago, eq1974 said:

Question from the 2008 picture (and you have to zoom in for this): Does anyone know what the green building on the left after the Landmark parking garage housed? At the time of the pic some sort of office I guess because of the sign out front. Thank you.

I was wondering what once was there where now my doggie goes poo, the Radius dog walk with a waste baggie station is in that area presently. And if any Radius people are reading this, just to let you know, I pick up every time. 
 

Radius people will appreciate the significance of that statement. 

It was a craftsman home turned law office.

[JFW657]

1 hour ago, eq1974 said:

Question from the 2008 picture (and you have to zoom in for this): Does anyone know what the green building on the left after the Landmark parking garage housed? At the time of the pic some sort of office I guess because of the sign out front. Thank you.

I was wondering what once was there where now my doggie goes poo, the Radius dog walk with a waste baggie station is in that area presently. And if any Radius people are reading this, just to let you know, I pick up every time. 
 

Radius people will appreciate the significance of that statement. 

 

1 hour ago, prahaboheme said:

It was a craftsman home turned law office.

I seem to recall reading somewhere, that many years ago, before it became a law office, an older guy who designed houses or something lived there and I think the story was that he either died or was killed inside of it.

Maybe someone else here knows the story, if there is in fact, such a story. 

[dcluley98]

No, that was the other building on site:

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2000-03-08-0003080122-story.html

Edited July 8, 2022 by dcluley98

[codypet]

@nite owℓ had the background on that a while back.

[eq1974]

17 hours ago, prahaboheme said:

It was a craftsman home turned law office.

Looks nice. It’s memory deserved maybe a little bit more dignity than a doggy poopy place.

Thank you so much for the information.

[nite owℓ]

10 hours ago, codypet said:

@nite owℓ had the background on that a while back.

Thanks @codypet, yes I did a write up on that story a few years ago. 1) Had those two parcels not merged and 2) had the city not granted approval for the N Rosalind Ave ROW to be abandoned, Radius would never have been built and we'd have been stuck with two smaller lots with no real density on that corner.